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Raising Respect with Marshall Ballantine-Jones

...ht-provoking presentation by Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones on the topic of RAISING RESPECT.Wellbeing...

Barker Online Learning - The interconnection of learning and wellbeing

...What informs Barker's strategies surrounding online learning?Wellbeing...

Sleep Studies with special guest Lisa Maltman

...obtain better health, resilience, and performance outcomes.Wellbeing...

Table of Contents - Learning in Practice - Volume 7 Number 1 (2023)

... week we are proud to launch the 2023 edition of the Barker Institute Journal, Learning in Practice. The full journal and individual articles are now available online on the Barker Institute website .Wellbeing...

The Lift Project: A year-long, evidence-based wellbeing project for the whole Barker community

...st Dr Darren Morten of Avondale University and The Lift Project shared with an eager group of parents how with practice and the right strategies anyone, at any age, can Lift their mood and their life.Wellbeing...

Barker Institute Events for Semester 1, 2023

...h the community launch of the Lift@Barker project. Parents, students, teachers, and the wider community are warmly welcomed to our events. More events for Term 2 and Semester 2 will be announced soon.Wellbeing...

Publication of the 6th Edition of Learning in Practice: The Barker Institute Journal

...ty is an important part of the Barker Institute’s role within the school. We are keen to share what has been learnt by experts in education, be those expert classroom practitioners, pastoral care and Wellbeing leaders, or school leaders. Learning in Practice is a published conversation in which reflections on practice take place, and professional learning and development benefit....

Barker Institute Events, Term 2, 2023

.... Five Barker Institute events were held in Term 2, 2023.Wellbeing...

Character Education

...ntinues to change as schools ask questions about how they may educate their students to ‘learn to know the good, love the good and do the good’ (The Jubilee Centre for Character & Virtue, 2022, p. 6).Wellbeing...

Term 3... and that’s a wrap!

...(Or four highlights from a very active term)Wellbeing...

Parent Hope Project – the Confident Parent Course begins….!

...Supporting parents to be the best resource for their childrenWellbeing...

Research for Learning Community – Research Forum

...A brief introduction to the Barker Research for Learning CommunityWellbeing...

"Not new, but newly important": Why outdoor education needs to have its finest hour

...Outdoor education has never been more important for improving student Wellbeing and academic performance. A key theme at the recent 2022 National Outdoor Education Conference, this article presents an overview of the conference at the same time as addressing how and why schools ...

Concussion Management - The Barker Way

...tion of the Concussion care and support framework at Barker College. It documents the process of the development of the current Concussion care system at Barker under a wholistic framework of student Wellbeing and details the collaborative process involving students, staff, medical professionals, and family engagement. This paper outlines the Concussion Clinic’s current place in the School whilst sharing s...

Darkinjung Barker and our connection

...he values of commitment, compassion, courage, integrity and respect. I see growth every day. Growth cannot always be measured with graphs, data and statistics. Social, emotional, cultural and general Wellbeing are areas of huge improvement. Learning about ATSI histories and cultures allows students to develop respect for diversity and understanding of cultural difference. It is an opportunity to acknowledg...

Student wellbeing in a coeducational context

...Wellbeing is an essential element of a thriving school community. This paper outlines what ...

Girls Got Game

...The benefits of sports participation and positive correlations with academic improvement and Wellbeing have been well researched. However, the positive outcomes are not an automatic consequence of participating. Single Sport Specialisation and the concurrent over-focus on development of sport specific...

The Power of Paws: Dog-Assisted Wellbeing Interventions on Student Motivation and Engagement in the School Setting

...he impact of dog-assisted Wellbeing interventions on students. While the perceived positive benefits of these interventions have been acknowledged over time and shared in various contexts (e.g., Allied Health, n.d.), there is limited e...

The Impact of School Sports Programs on Student Wellbeing

...This paper investigates the impact of school sports programs on student Wellbeing, emphasising the importance of physical, mental, and social health in adolescents. Through a structured survey administered to all students in Years 7 and 10, it explores students' perceptions a...

My two blankets: Considering the importance of using home languages in today’s classroom in support of student learning and wellbeing

... assume that a student’s first language is English. Acknowledging the place of home languages in the classroom and leveraging it to enhance understanding is supportive of student learning and student Wellbeing. This article was inspired by work conducted in the History classroom to make source material more accessible to EAL/D students at the same time as working to develop their understanding of academic ...

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Coeducation

...investigate the opportunities of schooling in a coeducational environment. It includes research into the process and impact of schools introducing coeducation, and the nature of academic development, Wellbeing, and character formation of students in a coeducational setting. Excellence in boys’ education, girls’ education and coeducation are all relevant to the coeducation research domain. ...

Intercultural Education

...ent and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) projectRefugee education projectMy Two Blankets: considering the importance of using home languages in today’s classroom in support of student learning and Wellbeing (2020) – Timothy ScottThe untended garden: Reflections on designing and implementing a teaching and learning framework within a coeducational, international school context (2019) – Timothy ScottRader...

Blocks demo

...these projects is to investigate the efficacy of the transition from a single-sex school to a PreK-Year 12 coeducational environment and the impact this change has had on the academic development and Wellbeing of students. Excellence in boys’ education, girls’ education and coeducation are all relevant to the coeducation research domain. The aim of ...

Our People (old)

...n a digital classroom' Learning in Practice 5(1)Scott, T. (2020) 'My two blankets: Considering the importance of using home languages in today’s classroom in support of student learning and Wellbeing' Learning in Practice 4(1) ...

Parent Institute

... Online Webinar The Barker College Wellbeing Team have invited David and Katie Kobler of YourChoicez to present an online webinar designed to facilitate conversations amongst Year 10 families. ...

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